Would you rather be the worst lover in the world but everyone think you are the best? Or the best lover in the world but everyone think you are the worst?
For most people, work is their identity, it is status, it is the ability to abuse underlings terribly with no consequences. Constructing your self-image this way leads to, imo, a great deal of emotional vulnerability. If I leave my job, what will other people think? I am not the boss anymore. I am just another normal person.
And btw, if you feel that you are doing whatever you are doing until you reach $X in the bank. Then that is the same.
The point of the article is that you can be happy working a shitty job for no money. But you have to understand what makes you happy, what is fulfilling to you, etc. Although it is true that some jobs/working environments are just shitty.
Would you rather be the worst lover in the world but everyone think you are the best? Or the best lover in the world but everyone think you are the worst?
For most people, work is their identity, it is status, it is the ability to abuse underlings terribly with no consequences. Constructing your self-image this way leads to, imo, a great deal of emotional vulnerability. If I leave my job, what will other people think? I am not the boss anymore. I am just another normal person.
And btw, if you feel that you are doing whatever you are doing until you reach $X in the bank. Then that is the same.
The point of the article is that you can be happy working a shitty job for no money. But you have to understand what makes you happy, what is fulfilling to you, etc. Although it is true that some jobs/working environments are just shitty.